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ASIS announces '22 board appointments, new regional boards of directors
Inaugural boards for North America and
Europe represent the next step in association's global governance journey
 Alexandria,
VA (2 December 2021) -
ASIS International, the world's largest association for security management
professionals, today announced the full slate for its 2022 Global Board of
Directors and inaugural North American Regional Board of Directors and European
Regional Board of Directors. 2022 global and regional directors will take office
1 January 2022.
Read the full list of appointments
The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
Retailers Investing Millions in Security Amid
Brazen Theft Wave
Retailers confront 'perfect storm' as thefts skyrocket, public safety breaks
down
Retail theft is soaring across the U.S., with large chains like Best Buy and
Walgreens beset by increasingly brazen and widespread instances of shoplifting
that's hurting their bottom lines.
 In
recent weeks, reports of "smash and grab" robberies in major cities -
featuring crowds of thieves making it off with electronics, clothing and
footwear, have flooded social media. Security experts cite a litany of
reasons including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed law
enforcement, and deteriorating public safety. In San Francisco in particular,
certain types of theft have been all but decriminalized, with officials facing
accusations of being too lax on crime.
The Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail, a trade association,
estimates organized retail crime leads to about $45 billion in losses for
retailers each year. More than $500 billion in illicit stolen and counterfeit
goods are getting sold on third party platforms like Amazon (AMZN).
"What we're experiencing is kind of a perfect storm," Ben Dugan, the
coalition's president, told Yahoo Finance Live this week. The coalition is
pushing for federal legislation to regulate online marketplaces, "so people can
not hide between the shadows of the internet and operate anonymously," Dugan
said.
He also cited the impact of organized crime networks that are using petty
thieves to boost their activities.
"They're actually being recruited by criminal organizations that are getting
involved in what's called 'organized retail crime',[which] has been on the rise
since 2017, with the expansion of most of the online marketplaces," Dugan
added.
"Unfortunately, I don't think some of these young folks understand how much
trouble they're really getting into, they're really getting involved with
criminal organizations that recruit them and convince them that there aren't
going to be any consequences," Dugan said.
Dugan explained that in most cases, criminal organizations provide their
recruits with rental cars, escape routes and burglary tools or allow them to
use their own weapons.
"Retailers are investing millions of dollars this holiday season in reaction
to a lot of these recent thefts and upgrading their
security, adding a lot of physical
security technology, resources, manpower and off-duty police," Dugan said.
finance.yahoo.com
Beefing Up Security Staff - Locking Up
Products - Changing Store Layouts
Stores Like Home Depot and Best Buy Bolster Security After 'Flash Mob' Robberies
Retailers lock up more products and
California police increase patrols to combat thefts by criminal groups
 The
recent thefts mark an increase in intensity because of the size of the groups
and the organized nature of the crimes, said some retail and security
executives. During the Nordstrom theft, dozens of people arrived at the store in
cars at the same time, rushed inside to cause chaos and steal items, and then
drove away. The police made a handful of arrests.
Retail and security executives said those events are part of a sharp rise in
organized retail theft since the Covid-19 pandemic began, in part because
e-commerce growth has led to more demand for underpriced goods online.
At Home Depot, theft apprehensions, when store
personnel seize a suspect, are up about 10%
year-over-year, a spokeswoman said. The home improvement retailer is hiring more
security for stores and changing the physical layout of entrances to prevent
theft, for example adding more gates that only allow traffic to flow into stores
at an entrance, not out, said Scott Glenn, vice
president of asset protection for the company. Recently the company
started adding technology to some items that makes a product inoperable until it
is checked out through a register, he said.
CVS has doubled the size of its corporate staff working on organized retail
crime this year compared with last, said Ben Dugan,
director of organized retail crime for the company. Longer term, the
drugstore chain is working with local law-enforcement officials in several
states to coordinate theft response, as well as supporting federal legislation
that retailers hope will make reselling of stolen goods online more difficult,
said Mr. Dugan.
Retail theft, particularly by organized groups, is rising at Best Buy Co.
and is eating into the company's profits, said Chief
Executive Corie Barry on a call to discuss earnings last month.
The electronics chain is finding new ways to lock up
products with less inconvenience to customers, she said, such as
allowing people to pay by scanning a QR code
before leaving with a product from locked cases. Locking up goods on
shelves, as many drugstores do, can hamper sales since it can deter some
shoppers who need to find a staffer to access an item. Best Buy is also
hiring security and changing
store layouts, she said.
wsj.com
ORC = The Newest Form of Domestic Terrorism?
Why some are calling organized retail robbery 'borderline domestic terrorism'
 Domestic terrorism is now being used to describe what it's like to experience
flash mob retail robbery in the Bay Area.
KRON4's Haaziq Madyun spoke to the representative of over 200 major retailers
in the state, who explains why she views these crimes as terror.
The
CEO of the California Retailers Association Rachel Michelin explains why
she believes using the phrase, domestic terror is appropriate to describe the
lasting impact on someone who was behind the counter working, or in the store
shopping, when dozens of thieves suddenly appear without warning.
"Suddenly you've got 90 people showing up in cars with crowbars and
sledgehammers running into the stores and committing these brazen crimes. I
think it's terrorizing to the people in the stores and those employees,"
Michelin said.
There has always been shoplifting. It comes with the retail territory, but
Michelin says California businesses have never experienced anything like this.
"These brazen acts that we've seen. These coordinated efforts that we've seen
up and down the state of California. No one has seen that before."
Some politicians have been saying that they are going to do something about it:
"Those organized efforts and they are organized and we want to go after those
rings," said Governor Gavin Newsom.
However, it is clear that organized theft rings seem to be leveling up in
spite of the tough talk.
"I think we're still trying to wrap our minds around it. We're trying to figure
what our next steps are, but if we don't do something bold, if we don't really
work together on solutions, I just want to make sure we stop it. We need to
make sure our employees and our customers are safe when they go into a store
anywhere in the state of California," Michelin said.
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Retail Workers & Customers 'Traumatized' By
Crime Wave
'Flash mob' robberies roiling U.S. retailers, traumatizing workers
Experts say the brazen crimes, which can
involve dozens of thieves carrying weapons and breaking glass, are likely being
coordinated on social media apps
A spate of brazen store heists, in which organized mobs have hit stores as
varied as Nordstrom, Best Buy, Louis Vuitton and Home Depot, has shaken the
retail industry and created fresh challenges for law enforcement.
 While
large-scale "smash-and-grabs" have been on the rise this year, experts
say they hit critical mass in late November, when stores were piled high
with holiday inventory. On Black Friday alone, a crew of eight made off with
$400 worth of sledgehammers, crowbars and hammers from a Home Depot in Lakewood,
Calif.; a group ransacked a Bottega Veneta boutique in Los Angeles; and roughly
30 people swarmed a Best Buy near Minneapolis, grabbing electronics.
Retail executives and security experts say the rise of such robberies - which
have gone viral online and in some cases, spurred copycats - is the culmination
of several factors, including a shortage of security guards, reluctance by
police and prosecutors to pursue shoplifting offenses, and the growing use of
social media as an organizational tool. They also coincide with a pullback
from pandemic-era protocols that limited the number of people who could enter a
store at one time.
The incidents have spooked workers, retailers say, as they can involve dozens of
people swarming in with crowbars, guns and other weapons and breaking glass.
Best Buy chief executive Corie Barry says the high-profile events have made it
more difficult to hire staff, particularly in shoplifting hot spots along
the West Coast.
It also exposes the limitations of security mainstays such as cameras,
electronic tags and even a well-positioned security guard, which might deter
a shoplifter but have little efficacy against an unruly crowd.
Most stolen items are quickly sold online, on platforms such as eBay and
Facebook Marketplace, where it's easy to remain anonymous, security experts
said. But they say the Internet has contributed to the rise of theft in other
ways by allowing would-be offenders to coordinate efforts and share footage.
Even Congress and federal law enforcement authorities have taken note. A bill
introduced in the House this fall would require e-commerce marketplaces, such as
Amazon and eBay, to verify the identities of third-party merchants that sell
more than $5,000 worth of goods a year. The FBI is also collaborating with
retailers to curb large-scale thefts in stores.
"We can't arrest or prosecute our way out of this," said Barbara Staib, a
spokeswoman for the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention. "We need
to change our approach."
washingtonpost.com
CA Governor Calls Out Local Officials for Not
Prosecuting Retail Criminals
Prosecute shoplifters under existing laws, California Gov. Newsome says
 Gov.
Gavin Newsom said Wednesday in no uncertain terms that he thinks shoplifters
should be prosecuted under existing California laws, as he called out
local officials whom he said have been reluctant to do so.
He was responding to a recent run of large-scale thefts in California and across
the nation in which groups of individuals shoplift en masse from stores or smash
and grab from display cases. Single operators have also been a growing problems
for retailers who say the thieves face little consequence.
Newsom, a Democrat who has boasted of his criminal justice reform efforts,
promised that the proposed budget he sends to state lawmakers next month will
"significantly increase our efforts to go after these retail rings."
Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Newsom appointee who has touted his own
progressive reforms, separately made similar get-tough comments
Wednesday.
Both defended Proposition 47, a ballot
measure approved by California voters in 2014 that reduced certain theft and
drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors.
Property crime dropped significantly since then despite the recent high-profile
cases, Newsom said. State crime statistics show property crimes dipped 7.7% last
year, led by a nearly 15% drop in larceny thefts and 4% drop in burglaries.
But Newsom said both the recent spate of mass thefts and lack of prosecutions
are "unacceptable."
"If people are breaking in, people stealing your property, they need to be
arrested. Police need to arrest them. Prosecutors need to prosecute them.
Judges need to hold people accountable for breaking the law," Newsom said.
"These are not victimless crimes, and I have no empathy for these criminal
elements."
washingtonpost.com
Another Theft Epicenter: Chicago's Magnificent Mile
Chicago-Area Retailers Seek to Combat Brazen Grab-and-Run Thefts During Holiday
Season
Police departments in numerous local communities, including Chicago, are working
to combat a string of brazen grab-and-run thefts from departments stores and
high-end retail locations, some of which were caught on video.
Some of the robberies have occurred right in the heart of Chicago's
Magnificent Mile, including the Burberry flagship store on Michigan Avenue.
In that theft, four thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of designer purses
and other items late Monday afternoon. During the theft, a 23-year-old employee
and a 66-year-old shopper suffered minor injuries, and none of the suspects were
caught before they left the store.
Ald. Brian Hopkins of Chicago's second ward says that officials are working hard
to identify suspects, and say that some of the individuals involved in the
thefts are actually part of organized efforts that essentially "take orders"
before making their move.
"People at the top are making significant sums of money by targeting this high
end merch, and they have orders where they know they can sell it before they
even steal it," he said.
"Employees are stealing merchandise too, because they see how easy it is,"
he said. "Stores aren't enforcing their rules, and we're hearing stories of
employees conducting inside jobs."
Hopkins says that some stores have been hesitant to consider options like
door buzzers, locks and window shades, saying it promotes an
almost-militarized image, but says that increased efforts to control merchandise
are necessary.
nbcchicago.com
Organized Theft Surge Putting Small Retailers
Out of Business
For small businesses, there's no easy way to fight smash-and-grab robberies
"I don't want to continue. It's very
difficult to make a living right now," said one small-business owner about the
threat of organized theft.
While the recent spate of smash-and-grab robberies has targeted retailers of all
sizes, the relative impact on small businesses is substantial. Even a
minor robbery can lead to a significant portion of their inventory being stolen,
prompting some owners to reconsider whether to even reopen.
"I don't want to continue. It's very difficult to make a living right
now," said one business owner, who chose to conceal the identity of herself and
her store for fear of reprisal. "I feel terrible. My husband wants to reopen,
but I'm tired."
While current strains on the supply chain and the upcoming holiday season may be
contributing to some extent, these types of robberies aren't new. They happen
frequently and have ties to organized crime.
For businesses looking to prevent or recover from such incidents, there are
two main options: hiring security and filing an insurance claim. But both
can be problematic and inadequate solutions for small businesses, since they're
often prohibitively expensive.
"A lot of small businesses have been contacting us, but they just can't
afford having a guard there," said Andrew Dimian, CFO of Omni private
security services. "About 90 percent of the businesses that ask can't afford
it." nbcnews.com
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul to announce update on organized retail theft
Amid spike in organized theft, retailers reassess loss prevention
Boulder King Soopers will reopen almost a year after mass shooting
Oakland police offer cops $50,000 hiring bonuses under council member's proposal
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COVID Update
464.4M Vaccinations Given
US: 49.7M Cases - 806.3K Dead - 39.3M Recovered
Worldwide:
264.6M Cases - 5.2M Dead - 238.6M Recovered
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Preparing for a Winter Surge
Biden vows to fight Omicron with 'science and speed, not chaos and confusion'
President Biden, confronting a worrisome new coronavirus variant and the
potential of a winter surge, laid out a new pandemic strategy on Thursday
afternoon that includes hundreds of vaccination sites aimed at families, booster
shots for all adults, new testing requirements for international travelers and
free at-home tests that will be covered by private insurers or available
at community health centers.
The push to expand access to at-home testing is a tacit acknowledgment by the
White House that vaccination, which the president has touted as the path out of
the pandemic, is not enough on its own. Experts have argued for months that
mask-wearing and testing are also essential, and the need for testing will
become even more urgent
if the new Omicron variant is found to evade protection from vaccines,
which has not yet been established.
"We're going to fight this variant with science and speed, not chaos and
confusion," the president said at the National Institutes of Health.
Mr. Biden's announcement comes a day after
Omicron was detected in the United States for the first time, in California.
On Thursday, a
second case was detected, in a Minnesota resident who had recently traveled
to New York City.
nytimes.com
Biden Calls on Businesses to Move Forward with
Vaccine Mandates
Biden asks businesses to proceed with vaccine mandate after omicron variant
arrives in U.S.
The White House is asking businesses to
proceed with vaccination and testing requirements amid concerns about the
omicron variant of the coronavirus.
 President
Joe Biden on Thursday asked businesses to voluntarily move forward with the
administration's Covid-19 vaccine and testing requirements, even as the
rules are challenged in court, after U.S. officials confirmed the first case of
the omicron variant in the U.S.
"We're asking businesses to step forward and do what's right to protect our
workers and to protect our communities, which is to put in place some sort
of vaccination requirement or testing requirements for the workplace," a senior
administration official said.
The administration's request comes after public health officials in California
this week detected the first case in the U.S. of the Covid omicron variant. U.S.
and international health officials are concerned that omicron, which has roughly
50 mutations, could prove more transmissible than past strains of the virus and
may evade vaccine protection to some degree.
The Biden administration gave
businesses with 100 or more employees until Jan. 4 to ensure their staff are
either vaccinated against Covid, or submit a negative test weekly before
entering the workplace. Unvaccinated employees were supposed to start wearing
masks indoors at the workplace on Dec. 5.
However, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
suspended enforcement and implementation of the requirements last month,
after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit halted the policy pending
review. Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt,
in an opinion for a three-judge panel, said the requirements were "fatally
flawed" and raise "serious constitutional concerns"
cnbc.com
Retail Pharmacy Double Whammy: Staffing
Shortages + Vax Surge
Covid-19 Vaccine Demand Strains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart
 The
U.S. has plenty of Covid-19 vaccines but retail pharmacies are struggling to
quickly administer them in some places.
Vaccine seekers in some states face waits of days or weeks for doses as local
health officials hustle to improve access to meet surging demand. CVS Health
Corp., Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc., which are facing
staffing shortages, now say they may not be able to accommodate people without
appointments.
There are 100 million Americans eligible for boosters who have not yet gotten
them, the White House said Thursday, adding that retail pharmacies are
providing about two-thirds of the nation's Covid-19 vaccinations. The U.S.
has increased its reliance on those operations for nationwide Covid-19 testing
and vaccine distribution through a federal partnership with nearly two dozen
chains.
The chains, particularly CVS and Walgreens, have embraced the responsibility
as vaccines generate profits, bring customers into stores and as both
companies look to expand deeper into healthcare. But the pharmacies have also
struggled with staffing their locations amid a national labor shortage, which
has caused some locations to limit hours or close drive-throughs as the
companies work to hire thousands more pharmacists and pharmacist technicians.
wsj.com
How the Pandemic Has Transformed C-Stores
What convenience stores are getting right
A pandemic helped retailers realize
something vital to the industry: All stores, in one way or another, are
convenience stores.
Traditional c-stores have been going through their own accelerated
transformation because the needs of their customer base changed. No longer
were they simply a place to get coffee before going to work - because a chunk of
the population was suddenly making their own coffee from their at-home offices.
Shoppers also didn't need to get gas on a regular basis because their commute
disappeared and travel slowed.
Instead, shoppers needed basics. They were looking for paper products,
cleaning supplies and grocery items, according to a report by the National
Association of Convenience Stores. Total inside sales for c-stores increased
1.5% in 2020 to a record $255.6 billion, and average basket size increased more
than 18% year over year as the segment helped fill basic product needs during a
time of unsteady supply chain and panic buying.
With over 150,000 c-stores in the United States and over half of U.S.
consumers saying they frequent convenience stores once a month or more, the
retail segment is showing signs of advancing in a myriad of ways to continue to
meet consumer needs.
"Convenience stores have become the cool kids," said Jeff Lenard, vice
president of strategic industry initiatives for the NACS. "C-store doesn't
necessarily stand for cool store, it still stands for convenience, because you
have to sell speed of service. And speed of service is however the customer
defines it."
retaildive.com
Walmart Responds to Omicron
Walmart extends COVID leave policy, brings back vaccination incentives
As Omicron variant emerges, retailer
continues focus on safety and well-being of associates
 Walmart,
the nation's largest retailer, is responding to the threat of the new Omicron
variant of COVID-19 by extending its COVID leave policy for associates
through March 31, 2022, as well as reintroducing its vaccine incentive for
frontline associates to provide $150 after an associate becomes fully
vaccinated.
The COVID leave policy, which was implemented in March 2020 during the initial
surge of the pandemic, provides up to two weeks of paid time off if an
associate contracts COVID-19, if a facility is part of a mandated quarantine
or if an associate is required to quarantine by a health care provider,
government agency or Walmart.
While vaccines are not required at this time for Walmart's frontline associates
who work in stores, clubs and supply chain facilities, the Bentonville,
Ark.-based retail giant is encouraging employees to become vaccinated against
COVID. (More than 90% of Walmart's Bentonville headquarters employees have
been fully vaccinated.) In addition to the $150 incentive, Walmart is also
giving the employees the time they need to step away from work to get their
shots.
supermarketnews.com
Unemployment Benefits for Those Who Lose Jobs
Over Vaccine Mandates
Losing your job because of vaccine mandates? You can collect unemployment
benefits in these states.
Only a few months after terminating federal pandemic unemployment benefits
early, several GOP-led states are now expanding jobless payments to a
different group of people affected by Covid-19: unvaccinated residents
who are losing their jobs due to vaccine mandates.
At least three red states -- Iowa, Tennessee and Florida -- have recently
passed laws extending eligibility to these folks as part of broader measures
restricting employer vaccine mandates.
Kansas' GOP-led legislature approved a similar bill that Gov. Laura
Kelly, a Democrat, recently signed. And in Arkansas, which is controlled by
Republicans, a law curtailing vaccine mandates will take effect in January.
Other states, including Wyoming and Wisconsin, have looked into such
provisions, and more are expected to consider similar legislation when lawmakers
return to their capitols in January.
cnn.com
Second U.S. omicron Covid case reported, in Minnesota resident who had traveled
to New York City
Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots
compulsory; vaccines required for store & restaurant customers
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Big Gamble for Small Retailers
Supply Chain Problems Have Small Retailers Gambling on Hoarding
Some independent stores ordered in bulk well
in advance, and now are hoping they're able to sell what they have.
The buildup of running shoes in Connecticut is just one example of how supply
chain woes and pandemic-related shortages are affecting thousands of small
businesses around the United States this holiday season. While the
widespread availability of vaccines is translating into a busier shopping season
than last year, businesses of all sizes are grappling with the impact from
factory shutdowns overseas, backups at ports, and trucking and other labor
shortages.
The unpredictability this year has forced many small businesses to make
buying decisions months or weeks earlier than they normally would and to tie
up more of their cash in inventory, which can be risky.
While many small businesses are affected by manufacturing issues overseas, some
have used this moment to their advantage. Etsy, which powers online stores for
millions of sellers, said more than half of its U.S. vendors sourced materials
from within their own states, allowing them to bypass many of the supply
chain problems that are affecting the global economy.
nytimes.com
Christmas Shopping Surge
Target to extend store hours for holiday shopping starting Sunday
Target is extending store hours in the days
leading up to Christmas.
Starting Sunday, most stores will open at 7 a.m. and close at midnight
through Dec. 23, Target officials confirmed to USA TODAY. Hours can vary by
location and are listed on the store locator at
Target.com/store-locator.
Target Chief Stores Officer Mark Schindele said in a statement to USA TODAY that
the company is trying to make it "as easy as possible for guests to get all
their holiday needs, on their terms. Our extended holiday shopping hours -
starting even earlier this year - is one example of just that, allowing
guests more time to shop in store or use our fast same-day pickup options during
the final weeks of the holiday season."
usatoday.com
If I Have Seen Further, it is by Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (*)
 By
Tony D'Onofrio, Global Retail Influencer &
Prosegur's CEO & Managing
Director, Global Retail Business Unit
One year ago, I published a video titled "Leadership
Skills for the Post COVID-19 'New Normal'." Citing the accomplishments
of Isaac Newton, in that video I summarized three leadership skills to ensure
post-pandemic success.
During the 'Great
Plague' of 1665,
Newton was forced to self-isolate away from Cambridge in the countryside for
over a year. This confinement became his 'Annus Mirabilis' or the 'Year of
Wonders'.
A few weeks ago, a year after the video, I had the great pleasure of visiting
Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. On a guided tour through the campus,
similar inspiring thoughts arose as a previous article on
Florence Italy where I suddenly realized that I was walking the same streets
as Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, and Michelangelo.
In addition to Newton, what are some of the other history luminaries that walked
the streets of Cambridge? Why was the pandemic isolation the 'Year of Wonders'
for Newton? What leadership skills will be critical for post-COVID-19 success?
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Auror named Microsoft Growth
Partner of the Year
 Auror
has been named the 2021 Microsoft Growth Partner of the Year, reflecting the
tremendous growth they have achieved in their quest to reduce loss, crime, and
harm in retail stores. Their growing global community includes some of the
largest retailers in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Those
organizations are also supported by over 500 law enforcement agencies using
intelligence to protect the wider community from crime and harm.
Starting in New Zealand in 2014 with just four stores, Auror has expanded to
serve more than 10,000 stores in less than a decade. They are an innovative
company doing phenomenally well on the world stage to protect companies from the
$100B of crime-related losses that happen every year. The speed of their success
is a testament to the power of their innovative
incident
reporting and
retail case management software solutions.
To see more details about their journey, from concept to global movement,
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Beefing Up Cybersecurity for Critical
Infrastructure
Biden Administration Issues Cybersecurity Directives for Freight and Passenger
Rail
The orders seek to bolster security for critical
transit systems considered at high risk for attack
 Nearly
all U.S. freight and passenger rail systems will be required to
report certain cybersecurity
incidents to the Department of Homeland Security within 24 hours
of discovery under new directives published Thursday by the Biden
administration.
The orders, issued under congressional authority given to the Transportation
Security Administration, will
affect about 90% of passenger
rail systems in the U.S. and 80% of freight rail systems
that are considered "higher risk," a senior Department of Homeland Security
official said, meaning they are considered vital to economic and national
security.
The move is the newest effort by the Biden administration to require
private industries, especially those involved with managing critical
infrastructure like
transit systems, to improve their cybersecurity practices in the face of
proliferating threats, such as crippling ransomware attacks.
"These new cybersecurity requirements and recommendations will help keep the
traveling public safe and protect our critical infrastructure from evolving
threats," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said. "DHS will continue working with
our partners across every level of government and in the private sector to
increase the resilience of our
critical infrastructure nationwide."
wsj.com
Cyber Burglars Look for Security Vulnerabilities
The importance of vulnerability management for your organization
Everyone is familiar with home
burglaries.
Criminals case a house looking for easy access through open windows, unlocked
doors, open garages, and the like.
Hackers take the same approach
electronically and look for network
vulnerabilities
that grant them access to the data they want. And small to mid-size businesses
are an ideal target, since they have fewer resources to dedicate to security
efforts than larger companies.
Vulnerability scanning
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vulnerability
scans be run at least
quarterly, regardless
of network size or type. For any organization that relies on continuous
availability of their computer network for regular operations, vulnerability
scans should be run at least monthly and even more frequently for organizations
that collect and/or process personal or sensitive data.
One insider
breach can cost around $7.68
million when you add up
all the direct and indirect costs, including down-time, fines, lawsuits,
notifications, and identity protection for individuals who were compromised.
With the most significant security threat lying behind your own doors, you can't
look to external cyberattack stats as the sole risk barometer. The cost a data
breach can inflict is a far greater price tag, and it's not just financial. Loss
of customers and their trust are incalculable repercussions.
An important component in combating a potential attack is implementing
vulnerability
scanning to detect and
classify network, application, and security vulnerabilities.
By identifying known flaws, coding bugs, packet construction anomalies and
misconfigurations to potential access to sensitive data, vulnerability scans
assess everything that could possibly be exploited by attackers.
Regular
scanning
Despite the NIST recommendations and the importance of regular scanning, a
recent survey conducted by RapidFire Tools found that
33% of organizations do not
conduct any regular vulnerability scanning.
Unfortunately, IT professionals understand the risks but are often held back by
budget-around 60% of respondents stated that they would run scans more
frequently or check more assets if vulnerability scanning was more affordable.
helpnetsecurity.com
$2M Data Breach & Extortion Scheme
DOJ: Former Employee Of Technology Company Charged With Stealing Confidential
Data And Extorting Company For Ransom While Posing As Anonymous Attacker
 Damian
Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and
Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced the arrest today of NICKOLAS
SHARP for secretly stealing gigabytes of confidential files from a New
York-based technology company where he was employed ("Company‑1"), and then,
while purportedly working to remediate the security breach,
extorting the company for
nearly $2 million for the return of the files
and the identification of a remaining purported vulnerability.
SHARP subsequently re-victimized his employer by
causing the publication of
misleading news articles about the company's handling of the breach that he
perpetrated, which were
followed by a significant drop in the company's share price associated with the
loss of billions of dollars in its market capitalization.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "As alleged, Nickolas Sharp exploited his
access as a trusted insider to steal gigabytes of confidential data from his
employer, then,
posing
as an anonymous hacker, sent the company a nearly $2 million ransom demand.
As further alleged, after the FBI searched his home in connection with the
theft, Sharp, now posing as an anonymous company whistle-blower, planted
damaging news stories falsely claiming the theft had been by a hacker enabled by
a vulnerability in the company's computer systems. Now the alleged theft and
lies have been exposed, and Sharp is facing serious federal charges."
justice.gov
Key Characteristics of Malicious Domains: Report
Newer top-level domains and certain hosting providers are frequent sources of
malicious content, while newly registered domains and free SSL certificates are
not any more likely than average to be risky, new research shows.
How IT pros can better track and report cybersecurity KPIs
Inside Israel's cybersecurity efforts
It's All Cyber: Crime in a High Tech World
"There is no
element of criminality anymore that isn't cybercrime," said
Jeremy Sheridan, assistant director of the Secret Service Office of
Investigations.
"Whether it's the opportunity to commit the crime, the methods to
execute it, the means to profit from it, it all
involves some element of cyber."
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What's Driving the Amazon Unionization Push?
Amazon employee surveillance fuels unionization efforts: 'It's not prison, it's
work'
Warehouse workers at the e-commerce giant cite the
constant monitoring of them as a key reason for a labor push.
Brown, 31, said she is measured by a metric that calculates the amount of items
her team loads to trucks along with the number of people working that shift.
Amazon, which keeps tabs on
workers through the handheld scanners they use to track inventory,
regularly presses her to move more items with fewer people, she said. There are
cameras everywhere.
"They basically can see
everything you do, and it's all to their benefit,"
Brown said. "They don't value you as a human being. It's demeaning."
That sentiment, that
Amazon's culture of
surveillance constitutes inhuman working conditions, has become fuel for
unionization efforts to
organize hundreds of thousands of workers at the country's second-largest
private employer. Union organizers who spoke with The Washington Post pointed to
strict productivity goals and high-tech monitoring as major factors in driving
employees to seek representation.
The tech giant uses those
scanners, along with computers
at workstations and software developed to track their performance,
to a degree that critics say is unlike any other company. High-tech monitoring
presses warehouse staff to meet onerous metrics and can lead to injuries,
workers and regulators have said.
Workers behind the union efforts have focused significant energy countering the
company's tracking - something they also say stymies their efforts to organize.
Amazon's surveillance of its
workers even played a role in the decision by a National Labor Relations Board
official to call for a
new union vote at
its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse Monday, finding that the company improperly
interfered in the first election. Workers earlier this year rejected
unionization by more than 2-to-1 in one of the first major bids to organize at
Amazon in years.
In her ruling, the NLRB's Atlanta regional director, Lisa Y. Henderson, wrote
that Amazon's efforts to place an unmarked U.S. Postal Service mailbox in "plain
view" of
Amazon's security cameras
"essentially highjacked the process."
washingtonpost.com
Unintended Consequences of Online Shopping Boom
Online Shopping Is Turning the High Seas Into a Super-Polluting Highway
Maritime shipping for Amazon, Walmart, Target, and
IKEA accounted for some 20 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions
between 2018 and 2020.
 Mega
retailers
Amazon, Walmart, Target, and
IKEA have made a mint
during the pandemic as millions of consumers
flocked
to online shopping. Those companies have seen
record profits as a result, but those profits will come at a steep
environmental cost.
A new
report released by Stand.earth and Pacific Environment determined maritime
shipping for those four
companies alone accounted for some 20 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
over the past two years,
the majority of which stemmed from goods transported between China and the U.S.
West Coast. The report warns these emissions could be getting worse still as
supply chain crunches force vessels carrying goods to idle mid-transit.
"The retail brands that fill our homes and lives with their products
bear a direct responsibility
both for the pollution
that the maritime shipping in their supply chains creates and for taking the
necessary actions to demand emissions reductions now and 100 percent
zero-emissions shipping," the report's authors write.
gizmodo.com
Report claims Amazon collects over a third of seller revenue, bringing in $121B
in 2021
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Titusville, FL: Thieves hit Titusville jewelry store, steal $12,000 worth of
merchandise
 Police
in Titusville are searching for two thieves following a robbery at a Titusville
jewelry store Wednesday morning. Stephen's Jewelers, located in the Garden
Street Plaza off I-95, experienced the break-in around 3:40 a.m., officials
said. According to surveillance video, two masked and gloved suspects wearing
black smashed their way into the jewelry store with a glass breaker. The
robbery, which triggered a burglar alarm, alerted the store owner. "At that
moment when I got to the store, I noticed there was approximately (a) half dozen
police cars and broken glass on the sidewalk from the front door," said Stephen
Lumpkin, the shop's owner. Lumpkin said the duo made off with valuables in
roughly two minutes.
clickorlando.com
Davidson County, TN: Lowe's Serial shoplifter arrested in Nashville
Police took one man into custody on Wednesday after they said he stole from a
Davidson County Lowes store multiple times. On Nov. 16 and Nov. 20, 2021, Metro
police said convicted felon Terrance Moore, 33, walked into the same Lowes home
improvement store located on Dickerson Pike, around the same time. An affidavit
stated during both incidents,
Moore took a Honda
inverter, put it in a cart, then walked past registers without paying. Officers
said one inverter cost $1,200, the other was valued at $2,349.
Authorities said surveillance video and still shots from the incidents helped
identify Moore as the suspect. Moore was indicted on felony theft charges in
2010.
wkrn.com
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Oxford, CT: Grocery store thieves stole $1,600 worth of Laundry Detergent and
Paper Towels
Three people accused of stealing shopping carts full of items from an Oxford
grocery store have been arrested. Police said they are still looking for a
fourth person involved. The incident happened just after 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 9 at
the Market 32 store on Oxford Road. A viral video showed the suspects loading
two vehicles outside with shopping carts full of items, like laundry detergent
and paper towels.
wfsb.com
Westport, CT: 3 charged in connection to Ulta merchandise theft in Westport
after crashing car on I-95
Three people are facing charges after police say they stole merchandise from
Ulta Beauty in Westport then crashed a car on I-95. Police say it all began at
Ulta Beauty on the Post Road East where the three loaded bags full of
merchandise and left without paying. Witnesses say they saw three men walk into
the store before they began violently throwing merchandise into bags as
employees and customers watched in disbelief. The incident happened around 11:30
a.m. They say the three got into a car that made its way to I-95 but crashed on
the highway. Police say everyone ran from the car and back into town, where K-9
units were able to track them down on Treadwell Avenue.
thehour.com
San Jose, CA: Police investigate new smash-and-grab robbery in Eastridge Mall
jewelry store
San Jose police are investigating a new smash and grab robbery Thursday night.
It happened at Quick Service Jewelry Design late Thursday inside the Eastridge
Mall in East San Jose. Officers say four masked suspects entered the business
with hammers and started smashing display cases. They took several items and
then left on foot. No one was hurt.
abc7news.com
Ontario, Canada: South Simcoe Police Investigating an Organized Shoplifting Ring
South Simcoe Police is investigating the theft of 20 jackets worth $200 each
from a store within the Tanger Outlet mall in Cookstown. Police say this was an
organized shoplifting ring. Around 2:30 on Saturday, Nov, 27, investigators say
two males and a female were seen entering the store followed a short time later
by another male and female that were pushing a child's stroller. Once inside the
store, police say the group worked together to steal a large quantity of
outerwear. Police are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying the
suspects.
barrie360.com
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Shootings & Deaths
Portland, OR: Grand Jury Indicts Security Guard in Fatal Store Customer Shooting
A Multnomah County grand jury has returned a murder indictment against a
security guard who wasn't certified to carry a gun on the job for shooting to
death a customer outside a Lowe's Home Care Center in North Portland. Logan C.
Gimbel, 28, shot Freddy Nelson, 49, as Nelson sat in the driver's seat of his
truck on May 29, police said. Gimbel was patrolling the Delta Shopping Center
and has said the shooting was in self-defense, The Oregonian/OregonLive
reported. A grand jury didn't agree, returning an indictment that charges Gimbel
with second-degree murder with a firearm, unlawful use of a firearm, recklessly
endangering another person and two counts of unlawful use of mace. Gimbel turned
himself in Thursday to the Portland Police Bureau and he's being held without
bail at the Multnomah County Detention Center.
usnews.com
Cedar Rapids, IA: One person shot at Grocery store
Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a shooting at a grocery store on Thursday
night. Cedar Rapids Police say one person was shot at Jim's Foods, on 6th Street
SW and 8th Avenue SW on Thursday night. Police say they received a call for
shots fired in the area at 8:07 p.m. A gunshot wound victim later arrived at
Mercy Hospital, police say. The victim's injury is non-life threatening. Police
say they have not yet identified the shooter, but say the shooting is a targeted
incident.
kwwl.com
Roswell, NM: Walmart locked down as police search for shooting suspects in the
area
Roswell Police spokesman Todd Wildermuth said officers evacuated and locked down
the local Walmart as they searched for suspects in a shooting which occurred
nearby. Despite rumors of an active shooter on social media, Roswell Police said
no shooters were inside the store located at 4500 N. Main St. and no persons
were injured. Wildermuth said Roswell Police Department and Chaves County
Sheriff's Office were searching for suspects and others involved in a shooting
several blocks away on West Pine Lodge Road.
sports.yahoo.com
Robberies, Incidents & Thefts
Kakaako, Hawaii: Robbery suspects use Taser on Security Guard before ramming
truck through storefront
 Honolulu
police are investigating an early-morning robbery where a security guard was
tased and four electric bicycles were taken from a Kakaako business early today.
The robbery occurred at Segway of Hawaii at the Coral Commercial Center on Auahi
Street at about 5 :10 a.m. Surveillance video footage showed one of three
suspects using a torch against the store window before a security guard
approached them. The suspect tased the guard and three suspects clad in hoodies
reverse a black pickup truck into the storefront, shattering the glass window.
They fled the scene in the vehicle with three electric dirt bikes and an
electric bicycle (valued at over $20,000) taken from the store. The pickup truck
has the word "Aloha " and a black-and-white floral stripe sticker emblazoned on
the passenger side. Police said there have been no arrests as of this morning.
kitv.com
Los Angeles, CA: 14 arrested after series of smash-and-grab robberies, all are
out of custody
Authorities in Los Angeles on Thursday announced more than a dozen arrests in
recent smash-and-grab thefts at stores where nearly $340,000 worth of
merchandise was stolen, part of a rash of organized retail crime in California.
Fourteen people were arrested in connection with 11 brazen robberies between
Nov. 18 and 28, and all are out of custody, police Chief Michel Moore said. Most
bailed out or met no-bail criteria, and one is a juvenile, he said. At a joint
news conference, both Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti called for an end to a
no-bail policy for some defendants aimed at reducing overcrowding at Los Angeles
County jails during the coronavirus pandemic.
ktla.com
Queens, NY: Thief steals $72,000 cash from Queens grocery store
One thief made off with $72,000 in cash from an unattended safe at a Queens
grocery store, police said Thursday. The robbery took place at about 8:05 p.m.
on Nov. 20, according to police. A man entered the store, located on Queens
Boulevard, and went behind an unattended register. From there, he removed stacks
of bills from a safe before leaving the location. Police said the man hid the
money in his mask and sweatshirt before leaving in a dark-colored Nissan SUV.
pix11.com
San Bruno, CA: Man arrested in connection with $1000 Target smash-and-grab
robbery
Macy's at the Capital Mall robbery suspects use bear mace, 2 arrested
Decatur, GA: 2 Cell Phone store Armed Robbers Sentenced To Federal Prison
Counterfeit
Los Angeles, CA: $30M in fake designer bags, clothes seized at SoCal ports ahead
of holidays
Officers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach seized more than 13,000
counterfeit designer items from a recent Chinese cargo shipment, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection said Thursday, warning holiday shoppers not to get duped.
The shipment seized on Nov. 9 had fake Gucci, Chanel, Fendi, Yves Saint Laurent
and Louis Vuitton bags, shirts and pants, according to the agency. Had they been
genuine, the seized items would have a combined retail price of more than $30
million, CBP said. There were 13,586 products in total.
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Beauty - Las Vegas, NV
- Burglary
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Bikes - Honolulu, HI -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Coweta, OK -
Armed Robbery
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C-Store - St Louis, MO
- Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Nacogdoches,
TX -Armed Robbery
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C-Store - Pierce
County, WA - Robbery
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Dollar General -
Tulare County, CA - Armed Robbery
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Electronics -
Champaign, IL - Robbery
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Gas Station -
Kosciusko, MS - Armed Robbery
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Grocery - Queens, NY -
Robbery
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Hardware - Burbank, CA
- Burglary
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Jewelry - Titusville,
FL - Burglary
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Jewelry - San Jose, CA
- Robbery
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Jewelry - Garner, NC - Robbery
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Jewelry - Dallas, TX - Robbery
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Jewelry - Dayton, OH - Robbery
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Jewelry - Riverside, CA -
Robbery
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Jewelry - Racine, WI - Robbery
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Jewelry - Tucson, AZ - Robbery
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Jewelry - Smithfield, NC -
Robbery
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Macy's - Olympia, WA -
Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Columbus,
OH - Armed Robbery
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Restaurant - Rio
Linda, CA - Armed Robbery
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Target - San Bruno, CA
- Robbery
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Ulta - Westport, CT -
Robbery
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• 3 burglaries
• 0 shootings
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• 33 burglaries
• 5 shootings
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Featured Job Spotlights
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Help Your Colleagues By Referring the Best
Refer the Best & Build the Best
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Regional Loss Prevention and Safety Specialist
New York, NY
- posted November 29
You will act as a coach, trainer, mentor, and enforcer to support the
risk management program at Legends. Responsibilities can include, but are not
limited to: Identify, develop, and implement improved loss prevention and safety
measurements with risk management team; Conduct internal audits that have a
focus on loss prevention, personal safety, and food safety, and help the team to
effectively execute against company standards and requirements...
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Asset Protection Manager
Philadelphia, PA
- posted November 5
As an Asset Protection Manager II you will be responsible for one of our
highest shortage locations with an elevated scope of responsibility that may
include executive direct reports and increased staff levels, higher Sales Volume
or significant Shortage risk. You will be the subject matter expert on Asset
Protection and Shortage Reduction Strategies within your location...
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Safety Director (Retail Background Preferred)
Jacksonville, FL
- posted November 3
This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing
purpose-directed occupational safety and health programs designed to minimize
the frequency and severity of customer and associate accidents, while complying
with applicable regulatory requirements. This leader is the subject matter
expert on all safety matters...
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Director, Loss Prevention & Safety
Goleta, CA
- posted September 24
The Director of Loss Prevention & Environmental, Health
and Safety plans, organizes, implements, and directs HERBL's programs,
procedures, and practices to ensure the safety and security of company employees
and property...
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Corporate Risk Manager
Central (Denver, Kansas City,
Oklahoma, Little Rock & Calif.)
- posted October 5
Summary of Role and Responsibilities: A proactive approach to preventing
losses/injuries, whether to our employees, third parties, or customer's
valuables. They include but are not limited to cash in transit, auto losses, or
injuries...
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AP Lead
Manhattan, NY
- posted October 19
This role will conduct investigations focusing on Habitual Offenders,
high impact external theft/fraud incidents through the use of company technology
(CCTV, Incident Reporting, Data Analysis). This role directly teaches and trains
Store Leaders and Brand Associates in the safe practices of effectively handling
external theft events... |
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Regional Loss Prevention Manager
Houston, TX (Remote Opportunity)
- posted October 14
The position will be responsible for: Internal theft investigations;
External theft investigations; Major cash shortage investigations; Fraudulent
transaction investigations; Missing inventory investigations; Reviewing stores
for physical security improvements...
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The importance of staying focused and positive in your job search can't be over
emphasized. Even when you're networking keep it positive and never network
without asking for another contact name at the companies you're looking at.
Operators, Human Resource executives, other Loss Prevention executives, anyone
that is in a management position with the companies you're interested in
joining. We'd also suggest visiting some stores and trying to meet the Loss
Prevention team and finding out more about their LP efforts, structure,
management individuals, and just plain getting to know that companies LP culture
and never leave without leaving a copy of your resume. Every successful
marketing campaign has a grass roots methodology and getting into some stores is
just that. If done correctly I assure you the multi unit LP executives will find
out who you are and respect you for doing it.
Just a Thought,
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